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Hiawatha Designs an Experiment p.34 Gerald Goodall
(M. G. Kendall)
This is a reprint, with permission, of a well-known statistical poem..
CLASSROOM NOTES
From Sharing to Balancing - No Mean Feat! p. 36
Peter Holmes
This article suggests how to move from the primary school notion of the average
being 'fair shares for all' to the secondary school idea of the mean being
a 'balancing point'.
A Lottery Misfortune p. 40 Danny Helman
This article looks at a national lottery in which the fifth prize is more
probable than the sixth.
COMPUTING CORNER
Handling Continuous Data in Excel p. 42 Neville
Hunt
This article demonstrates how Microsoft Excel 2000 can best be used to tabulate
and chart continuous data.
Wish You Were Here: Postcards from Seoul p. 46 A. J. Baczkowski
What a set of 73 postcards sent from Seoul to one address in the United Kingdom
between 23 August 2001 and 1 September 2001 reveals about the postal service.
Collecting Data on Train Performance p. 49 Roger Porkess
This article illustrates many of the problems of defining and obtaining
a 'representative' sample in the context of a real-life survey of train performance.
The Weakest Link p. 54 Mike Fletcher & Claire Mooney
This article discusses optimal strategies for contestants in a well-known
television game show.
A Theoretical Framework for Teaching Statistics p. 56 Jamie d Mills
This article explores a theoretical framework to consider when teaching
statistics. It is discussed and illustrated using one innovative approach
to teaching using computer simulation methods. This framework can be considered
across many different disciplines and age levels.
DATA BANK
By Comparison: A Procession of Incomes. What Do You Really Mean? p
59 Sidney Tyrrell
The Family Expenditure Survey provides details of household incomes. This
article looks at income distribution afresh and what is meant by the mean.
Letter to the Editor p 62 Chris du Feu
IASE Matters (centrefold) News and Notes (63)
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ISSN 0141-982X (Print) ISSN 1467-9639 (Online)